Le Clos wins 200m butterfly to claim fourth gold

Chad Le Clos of South Africa swims during the men's 200m butterfly event of the FINA Swimming World Cup in Singapore November 1, 2014.Edgar Su

(Reuters) - Chad Le Clos took his fourth gold medal in Doha on Sunday and became the first male swimmer to win all three butterfly distances in a single world short-course swimming championships.

On a day when three world records tumbled, South African Le Clos won the trophy for best male swimmer of the week after winning the 200m butterfly to add to his 50m and 100m titles. The 22-year-old had also won the 200m freestyle gold.

Le Clos was overtaken briefly by Daiyo Seto of Japan but made a strong recovery to finish 0.05 seconds off his own world record time.

On the final day of the championships, Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom became the first woman to break the 55 second mark in the 100m butterfly with a time of 54.61 seconds.

Markus Diebler won Germany's first gold medal in a world record 50.66 seconds in the men's 100m individual medley, while Brazil's Etiene Medeiros also set a new global mark of 25.67 seconds in the women's 50m backstroke.

Poland's Radoslaw Kawecki successfully defended his 2012 title in the men's 200m backstroke, joining Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol as the only men to have won the event twice.